Blizzard 2013

Buy PhotoTim Cook/The DayConnecticut College students walk the snow covered lanes of the college taking advantage of the college being closed to enjoy the snow as a serious winter storm hits the seacoast area hard Friday, Feb. 8, 2013.

Buy PhotoSean D. Elliot/The DayJames Jandreau slides down the hill at the Greeneville play area with his daughter Madison, 3, in Norwich Friday, Feb. 8, 2013.

Buy PhotoSean D. Elliot/The DayCatherine Hyland, left, and Chris Walsh, center, talk to Norwich Police Officer Richard Cannata after the car in which they were driving slid off Beech St. and crashed into the front port of #15 Friday, Feb. 8, 2013.

Buy PhotoSean D. Elliot/The DayDion Barker, 10, carries a load of laundry into the Wauregan Laundromat on Broadway in Norwich to help his mother Tayla, (not pictured) as snow blankets the region Friday, Feb. 8, 2013.

Buy PhotoDana Jensen/The DayRobert Maynard shovels in front of the Lawrence R. Shea Building on Bank Street to try and keep up as snow falls on New London Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, at the start of what may be an historic blizzard that could possibly drop about two feet of snow by the time it ends Saturday afternoon.

Buy PhotoTim Cook/The DayLedyard and Center Groton firefighters work the scene of a single car, rollover accident on Center Groton Road in Ledyard Friday Feb. 8, 2013, as a serious winter storm hits the seacoast area hard.

Buy PhotoTim Cook/The DayConnecticut College students take full advantage of the college being closed to enjoy a snow football game as a serious winter storm hits the seacoast area hard Friday, Feb. 8, 2013.

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has declared a state of emergency in response to the approaching blizzard, which he said could produce as much as 36 to 40 inches of snow Friday and Saturday.